Opera Opening
Would you buy a used car from this man? How about a haircut?
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If you need a haircut, especially if you’re foreign, you should go check out Opera - the new salon that my friend Shin Ochi just opened up. He previously worked at his mother’s salon, Vogue, which I also highly recommend. I’ve been getting my hair cut by Shin for more than 2 years now. He’s good. He’ll chat with you in English or Japanese, depending on the topic and your respective vocabularies. And I trust him. He didn’t ask me to write this - I just thought I’d take along my camera on my first visit to his new place. It opened last week, and I visited on the day after the opening party - hence the congratulatory flowers.
Note - when I say “especially if you’re foreign,” I’m not trying to be weird at all. The simple truth is that foreign people have different hair types, and Japanese barbers / stylists rarely get to practice their trade on foreign hair… The result of a Japanese hair style on my hair, for instance, results in a weird fluffy misshapen fro, for instance. Shin has successfully cut both male and female foreign hair, to glowing reviews. So, I’m not promising perfection, but if you live near Imabari, it’s a way better shot than anywhere else. 